I Didn't Need More Fame Or Money.

When Obama Talks About Raising Taxes On The Rich, He's Looking At Me.

My Fans Get Enough Politics On Tv Every Day. I Want Them To Think For Themselves. I Don't Want Them To Listen To Me.

My Mom And My Real Father Divorced Before I Was One. My Mom And My Stepfather Divorced When I Was In High School. Then She Fell In Love With A Guy, And The Guy Died. That Was A Rough Time. She Has Handled Adversity Well. That's Where I Got My Work Ethic. So My Mother's Where I Got My Love Of Music, But My Father's Where I Got My Athletic Ability. And My Hair Loss. And My Love Of Women.

Early On I Was Just A Kid In A Cowboy Hat With A Bunch Of Other Guys In A Room That Were Putting Out Some Records. Now Thank God, In The Past 3 Or 4 Years, When.. It's Really Hard To Burn An Image Of A Face With A Song These Days. I Think That The Songs Like 'don't Happen Twice' And 'young' Were Songs That Helped Me Do That And I Think That 'i Go Back'(did) That Even More.

It Sounds Like A Cliche, But It... You Do Sing About What You Know About. And I Grew Up In A Small Town, And I Grew Up In A Place Where Your Whole World Revolved Around Friends, Family, School, And Church, And Sports.